#988B2A#988B2A

#988B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.115 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988B2A
RGB	rgb(152, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 72.4%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -6.51, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 51.31, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.023 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.115 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6004, 25.3088, 5.8847)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988B2A #2A3798

analogous

#98542A #988B2A #6E982A

triadic

#988B2A #2A988B #8B2A98

tetradic

#988B2A #2A9854 #2A3798 #982A6E

square

#988B2A #2A9854 #2A3798 #982A6E

split-complementary

#988B2A #2A6E98 #542A98

monochromatic

#383310 #685F1D #988B2A #C8B737 #D5C867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#988B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#988B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988B2A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988B2A	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.115 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac6a',
    500: '#988b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988b2a;
$custom-light: #baac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63033,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988B2A

secondary

#626DBB

accent

#5AE048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #988B2A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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